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The purpose of the blog is to serve as my personal and professional research journal for future thesis and dissertation ideas; to promote Peruvian artists living and working in the United States, Peru, and Germany; to encourage readers to learn about Peruvian culture, travel, and the arts; and finally to establish a means of visibility to the world on topics in Latin American art.

Venancio Shinki (1932-2016)

Venancio Shinki (1932- )
(Venancio Huáman Shinki)
b. 01-04-1932 (Supe)
d. 17-11-2016 (Lima)

Kitsuke Shinki (Father), Filomena Huáman (Mother)
Keiko Higa () marries in year?
3 Children, names?

Nationality: Peruvian
Pintor de la era Moderna del siglo XX
Style/Estilo: Abstraction, Figurative/Symbolic abstraction
Influences: Juan Manuel Ugarte Elespuru

Migrations:
Extensive travels to Europe and United States, 1970-80s

Education:
Secundaria, Colegio Nacional Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, 1949-53
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes de Lima, 1954-62
Juan Manuel Ugarte Eléspuru Studio, 1950s

Career:
Professor (Visual Arts), Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, 1963-68
Studio Director (Painting), Asociación Cultural Jueves, 1967-70
Illustrator, “Expreso” Newsletter, Lima, Peru, year?
Emeritus Professor, Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1996.

Solo Exhibition
2014 - Galería Lucia de la Puente, Lima, Perú

1998 - Galería Cecilia González, Lima, Perú
1996 - “Vestigios y Fragmentos” Galeria Habitante, Panamá City, Panamá
1993 - The Lawler Gallery, New York, NY, USA
         - Galeria Gala, Guayaquil, Ecuador
1992 - “Obras Recientes,” Centro Cultural Municipalidad de Miraflores, Lima, Perú
1991 - Sala de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador
1990 - Centro de Arte Euroamericano, Caracas, Venezuela
1988 - Retrospective, Centro Cultural Municipalidad de Miraflores, Lima, Perú
1987 - Palacio Torriglia, Chiavari, Italy
         - Palacio San Francisco, Domodossola, Italy
1986-87 - Galería Fluxia, Chiavari, Italy
1986 - Galería San Michele, Brescia, Italy
1985 - Galería Vinciana, Milán, Italy
1980 - Galería “Sol”, Lima, Perú
1979 - Galería Buchholz, Bogotá, Colombia
1976 - Galería El Callejón, Bogotá, Colombia
1973-87 - Galería “9” Lima, Perú
1968 - Centro Cultural Peruano-Japonés”, Lima, Perú
         - Galería de la Unión Panamericana (OAS), Washington, D.C., USA
1967 - Galeria Castro Soto, Lima, Perú
1966 - Galeria Castro Soto, Lima, Perú
1965-66 - Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Perú
1964 - Galeria Art Center, Lima, Perú
         - Galeria Candido Portinari, Lima, Perú

Group Exhibition
1996 – “Pintura peruana; década del 90,” México City, Mexico
1992 – “Perú, ayer y hoy: 1492-1992,” Florence, Italy
1988 – “Pintura peruana en Park Gallery,” Miami, Florida, USA
1978 – “Pintura peruana en Cunning-house,” London, England
1968 – “3.000 años de pintura peruana,” Madrid, Spain; Rome, Italy; Vienna, Austria; London, England; Lisbon, Portugal

Collections:
Art Museum of the Americas (OAS), Washington, D.C.
The Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.

References:
1. Galería de Arte Cecilia Gonzalez, “Venancio Shinki,” Cecilia González, Arte Contemporáneo, 2011. (Accessed 02 November 2014, http://www.ceciliagonzalez.org/venancio-shinki/ )

2. The Inter-American Development Bank/ Cultural Center, “Nikkei Latin American Artists of the 20th Century: featuring artists of Japanese descent from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru,” February 17 – April 29 2005, Okinawa, Japan.
3. Website. "Venancio Shinki," ArtNexus. http://www.artnexus.com/ArtistSearch.aspx?txtSearch=shinki&ch=False
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